Restoring Our Victorian Episode 13: It's all in the details! 

I get to the end of your videos and I yell, "NO!!!!!!" I always want MORE. I have literally hundreds of small window panes on French door windows in my 100 year old Sears Home. So many people have told us to replace them. So far we have reset a bunch of them, but we still have 100 in a tiny sun room that need to be tackled. This video helped encourage me a lot. I wonder if we will live long enough to finish them all. I wonder if anyone will still appreciate those windows when we're gone. Sigh.

I appreciate how you both take the time to explain how/why/history/tips. Grateful that (firstly) you KNOW what you're talking about due to experience/intellect/education. You get it right, not too much, not too little (detail). I enjoyed this, thank you!

Just wanted to say thank you. I thought I was the only person who loved old houses and wanted to own many to restore them. You all are wonderful to watch and listen to your "SMOSHING"! 😉 I have been involved with log cabin resoration. It was amazing! 👍 Thank you for these vlogs and please keep them coming. ❤&🙏 from Central Pennsylvania 🙋

You 2 are awesome. The Monty Python references had me giggling.

I really wasn't ready for this to end! Of course I'm not doing the work. Thank you.

Am I the only one who gets a little sad when the episode ends? I thoroughly enjoy watching the 2 of you! Great team, great channel!

I have that saw. Love it. Helped cut the door jams and trim when we replaced the floor in our Victorian. When we saw the nails in the "quarter-round" no one nail looked alike. 125 year old nails.

The square nails were blunt and rather than piercing the wood, it cuts the wood fibers. Piercing makes wood split. Blunt makes a hole.

That window is pining for the fjords!

Awesome job!! Thanks so much for the great tips!!! Love watching this beautiful old home come back to life!!! Blessings from El Salvador!!!

Oh, I needed a video of you two today. The sense of humor, the wit, was welcomed. I really love your channel.

This is such an epic project. Knowing what you have brought this from, I can not wait for the final reveal. So excited! ❤️😊

Awesome gadgets kind sir and the little lady is a little magician!! Scared me to death when the window broke in your hand! Just knew you were making a grip to the ER. You guys are precious and work so well together!

Beautiful work on the cabinet. And pommies!!!! Gotta love the floofs!

I like how you've built the windows out. Nothing says 'I don't know what I'm doing' like window/door trim that is flush with the new drywall. Yours looks fabulous!

Amazing, love seeing what you can do with old windows - how doable it is to save them and why it is 1000 times better than replacing!

It was worth the effort to restore those old windows. A builder in my neighborhood "restored" an old colonial, replacing all the old windows with vinyl-clad, standard-sized replicas. The sizes and proportions may not be terribly different but they just look wrong! They spoil the whole facade. As the title of this video states, it's all in the details!

I love you guys! Never a dull moment with you two!!

Omgosh i have been waiting impatiently for every episode. I never want them to end! Thank you for sharing

I can’t wait to see it finished!! I love the process of getting there too!

It is so amazing what you can do! Love it! Thank you for sharing!

yes, thank you for the window treatment segment Laine. I am going to try this and let you know how it goes!!!!

Blessings from Québec Canada

Oh my goodness and I have learned so much from this video!!! Thank you guys for documenting it for us and for saving those windows!! Love this series ❤

I was so happy when I saw this on my feed this morning. Been pretty bleh the last few days, and this was just what the doctor ordered! Made myself a big cup of Thai tea and sat down in my big comfy computer chair and cozied up with a blanket and watched the Kevin and Laine Show! 💖 Laine's dad did an AMAZING job on that wood trim piece, btw, *especially* having just done it from a couple pictures!!!

Oh. My. Gosh. That stain!!!! Turned out gorgeous! Love to see your progress and tips/tricks! 🥰🥰

Such an inspiration to see what you can do to match and restore EVERY.THING!

You have SO much patience. I am loving this restoration!! 😍

The quiet music out of nowhere with the Q-tip stain application literally made me giggle. You two crack me up. You make every aspect seem fun. 😂

I really respect your knowledge and artistic eye! I LOVE old houses! I am learning so much!

Y’all are both great “craftsmen”…I love your attention to detail!

Love your videos. It is an education program as well as you teach the tricks of the trade to and how to fix any problems. Thank you for sharing your video with us. Love from Australia. ❤

Yall are so much fun to watch, more please thanks for sharing the beautiful work yall do

Love it! We have pld windows and I think this Spring we may try to make ours more energy efficient and repair some others! Thank you.

Sometimes those doorknobs were a different finish. I’m beginning to love the mismatched, warm two tone look; matches my two toned OG wood floors! Thank you so much for giving me confidence to tackle my old windows. I wasn’t sure I could do it… now I know I can!

Simply marvelous darling. ☺️ Have a great weekend.

This is one of the best restoration series ever! Please keep making more :)

Can I talk you into doing a segment on jam extensions? I suspect most folks are somewhat undereducated in regard to said. Thanks, love your channel; please keep it up!!! Oops, I commented to soon. Thanks.

The apothecary cabinet was such a great idea!🥂

All is right in my world again now that there is a new post😊

😳 I’m loving that big bathroom!!! Thanks for sharing 💞🥳

Not horrified! Intrigued! You’ve inspired me to get my new brad nailer out of the box and try it out. 😊

OMG; that bathroom is AH-Mazing!!! The windows are SO beautiful! 😍😍

Where is episode 14 for the Victorian in Monticello? Locals anxiously waiting. Such enjoyment to watch the judges old house come back to life. Enjoy watching you bring the older homes back to usefulness.

Gloves gloves gloves. Protect your health. We have done a few really old ones and did the same way but when your in the stuff all the time it does affect your health. Great show love the talk between you two

Y'all are amazing!! I learn so much. I cringe and am a little sad when I see old wood windows replaced with new.

The Restoration 👑King & 👑Queen!‼ I've noticed other channels I watch, have y'all on speed dial!😎🎉 Kaleb at "Second Empire Strikes Back" & Page at "Farmhouse Vernacular" for example.👍I don't miss any episodes!☺ When u were "talking with your hands"😨I thought the glazing tool was gonna fly, &...😱Lane: "Alrighty folks, starting with a New pane of glass..."😭(Crying😤KEVIN! You're Up!) Luv Luv Luv y'alls work ethic & humor!!!🌹💕🌷

Girl, the people that lived in my 100 year old house before me, had all the windows replaced. I only know what the original windows looked like because the ones in the garage were left alone. Written by: Spanky's mom. He lets me use his account.

This vid was amazing. You two put so much creativity, heart (and sweat and tears) into your work. Keep it going!!

You guys are amazing! I'm learning so much. I really appreciate you sharing the honest, raw truth about things. There she goes again with the tiling ..... nice your hair ;-)

Beautiful work with the stain or whatever it called. Your Father did awesome work. Always look forward to your videos. Merry Christmas !

I would get so annoyed at my hair if I was doing work like that. I wear mine up and in a hankie!

That rub and buff is amazing

We didn't get to see the end result!!!! lol I'm impatient and thought we'd see the finished bathroom. Thanks so all of these great ideas. We, unfortunately, have very few of the original windows in our 120 year old house, but we are determined to keep the ones that are left. Thanks for showing us how to do that.

I have _always_ wonder how the heck you glaze a window and never bothered to Google it... and now I don't have to. Gorgeous job on the windows.

That window is gorgeous!! Love this house!!

Looks like the new bathroom is going to be great. Also glad to discover the Rub & Buff. Got some bits here and there I'd like to get a similar result on. In your experience, how does the R&B resurfacing last over time?

Your guys do such great work. I get inspired to find an old house to restore.

I cannot wait to see ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 great job guys !

Ugh. I need the reveal! Laine’s classic design eye strikes again. The tile and paint look beautiful.

Those blankety-blank Q-tips! Grrrrr! I once moved into a ground floor apartment in a four storey building. Shortly after moving in I had problems with the drainage in the bathroom. Plumber called. Plumber arrives. Plumber discovers multiple plastic stick cotton swabs lying over the waste pipe in various directions, creating the perfect block in the toilet. Plumber leaves, BUT! before plumber leaves, and yes, he had the big plumber’s crack lol, he managed to get brown filth all over the bathroom including the ceiling! Then to add insult to injury, the manager charged me for the call and I’d been there a week and didn’t use cotton swabs with plastic sticks! End of story. Sheesh 🙄

I learn so much from your videos. I really look forward to them.

Everything looks great…the bathroom is going to be amazing! Windows are a big job…I completely restored 22 wooden double hung windows in my vintage home…took every piece out, then glass out…then sanded down to bare wood and then repainted…reinstalled / glazed glass and then rehung with new sash rope and original window weights. It took forever but the look of the finished project was worth every minute. Love how you two do it right

Love the Arkansas hoodie.

I didn’t know you supposed to set glazing down first. 😮 Learned something new. 😊

And when it's done you will be able to enjoy using this beautiful bathroom while working on the rest of the house. I really like this "room by room" transformation. It's like being able to eat a piece of cake every few weeks instead of waiting 1-2 years to swallow the whole cake at one time. I like the little pieces better :)

It’s alway the high light of my day to see a new video of yours up n ready to watch. Your definitely the kind of people I wish there was more of. Wish there were more couples like you guys who appreciate history n 100 n plus year old houses to bring them back to there glory without modernizing them. There’s just so much beauty in older houses n the craftsman is unbelievable. Laine, I realize you’ve been doing this awhile but you amaze me how you fixed that window n mixing up stain to a perfect match. I wish I was a fly on the wall that I could sit there n watch n learn from you. Yes, you give a lot of great tips but ohhhh to be that fly n watch n learn all day long would make my heart fludder with joy. I’ve used that Rub n Buff a lot. Great stuff it is. Had to use it on a old antique floor lamp as it was brass but had a lot of rust that would not come off, sooo I grabbed my rub n buff n it turned out beautiful. I would love to learn more about shellac n what exactly is it. I know a lot of antiques have it on it but would love to know how to use it on a piece that’s been refinished. Can you make your own shellac or do you have to buy it? Bathroom is looking great n that apothecary looks so cool in there. Better go I’ve bored you enough. Waiting anxiously for next video. ♥️♥️😊👍👍great .

Really enjoyed this episode and learned so much! Thanks!

Can't wait to see the finish ! What you two do is so great we love these old beautiful home and we thank you so much for saving them. Bless you two!

When you were saying "Smoooosh it, smoooosh it...." I had to giggle. I thought at first you were saying "Moose s*!t". My sick twisted mind gets me in trouble. I know better than that out of Miss Laine.

The new color on that Medicine Cabinet is AWERSOME! A much richer and darker color than the original and it looks terrific.

Rub and buff! Thank you for sharing. Have an old farmhouse and the hardware is just ugly at the moment. Just ordered from Amazon!

I always get excited when I see you're notifications! You guys are so much fun to watch and we learn so much at the same time! Win, win situation! ;-)

Gel stain; the forbidden hot fudge 😂

After all the questions on IG about what to do with the apothecary shelving, I'm so happy to see it being stained again to all match, and to learn that I can mix gel stains with denatured alcohol, to make my own shellac. This is why I beyond love this channel. It turned out amazing!!! And I'm so happy Kevin told me what an oscillating saw is. I was super wonder g what that was, and I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Hooray for Monty Python fans! I could not do what you to do, because I am deathly allergic to hard work, but really enjoy your videos. How do you feel about craftsman homes? That Era and style is my favorite because my grandma's home was built in 1910 and I love my grandma.

Hi. I found your channel a few days ago and have been watching a couple of videos everyday. I would be binge watching if it was still really cold out. I love how you do everything to maintain all the original materials and features. We just recently moved into a 1920 cottage. Unfortunately the floor plan has change a few times and all the original trim is gone, hardwood covered up....We have a teeny, tiny budget but will be trying to bring back some of the atmosphere and look of the era - when we get done playing in the blank slate 1 acre yard; creating veggie, herb, and flower beds - plus native pollinator habitat, etc. One thing I would like to know about in this particular video is what the paint color is in that bathroom.

I guess you could say "She was Shlacking off alot yesterday" LOL ;)

Love what you did. Thanks for the tips.

A Monty Python AND a Sesame Street reference? On top of awesome house preservation? My admiration has never been less in vain.

You two are truly amazing.

Absolutely incredible! 😍 The work that you both put in is amazing. I love how you teach people how to save all the gorgeous historic elements of a house and that with a little work and love anyone can do it... And do it cheaper than replacing! Honestly you guys are the King and Queen of restoration. Much love and respect for all you do. I wish the same happened here in Australia where we have very few historic properties that haven't either been gutted to a shell and modernised in boring grey and white or bought and torn down for the location of the land. I'm so excited to see the finished bathroom and what will become of the rest of the house

You guys are so entertaining, I love your videos.

So informative and hilarious!

Beautiful work!

Can’t wait to see the end result!

Amazing work!!!

Wow! Laine can you share your recipe for your homemade shellac. That piece really turned out awesome! God bless...y'all are kicking ass on this house.

Theres a house on Exploring with Kappy I wish you guys would check out...It abandon has beautiful work....he gos to alot of them but this one is a hidden jewel!! I want someone to save it so bad....love what you two do!!!

Very well done 👍

That bathroom is shaping up. Elaine is Kevin going to trust you with those windows? LOL Did you guys get rid of the fleas?

Did you use a tile backer board to hang the tile and chair rail or is it hung off sheet rock or another substrate?

You only need a chip brush to get stain into the crevices. Just brush on stain and spread it as needed. So easy.

Amazing info...and fun! Who could ask for more?!

I wish Magnolia Network or HGTV would just give you your own show already. Let someone else hold the camera for a change :)

To the cutest couple on RU-vid! Merry Christmas!

Wow wow wow , the cabinet, great!!!!!!!!🤩😍🥰

My husband loves that tool.

Amazing! Love it. Keep it coming!

You two are so adorable